Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.

Always, Sir, set a high value on spontaneous kindness. he whose inclination prompts him to cultivate your friendship of his own accord, will love you more than one whom you have been at pains to attach to you.

Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed.

As any action or posture, long continued, will distort and disfigure the limbs, so the mind likewise is crippled and contracted by perpetual application to the same set of ideas.

The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.

The seeds of knowledge may be planted in solitude, but must be cultivated in public.

Age is rarely despised but when it is, contemptible.